Chapter 80: Great Void Forest (First Order)

Neither Asido nor Yuji Watanabe are stupid people.

After the incident, they led the expeditionary force to fight against the Hollows.

On the one hand, it is to analyze the whole story.

Finally came to a conclusion.

The changes may have originated from the Great Hollow Forest and the inner circle of the Hueco Mundo.

Under normal circumstances, the Hollows live in the Hollow Forest, which is their paradise and nest. They fight and devour each other in order to evolve. Even if they occasionally appear in the outer circle of the Hollow Mundo, they will only be solitary Hollows and will never appear in groups.

There is only one possibility for Killians to appear in groups.

That means it is being manipulated by a higher-level Hollow.

"It seems that if I want to find out the reason for this, I have to go to the inner circle of Hueco Mundo."

After listening to the two people's analysis, Xia Mu couldn't help but speak in a deep voice.

"Natsuki..." When Watanabe Yuji heard this, he wanted to admonish Natsuki and tell him that the inner circle of the Hueco Mundo was extremely dangerous. However, he thought that Natsuki was no longer the naive young man he taught in the past.

Now he has become independent and has become the eleventh generation Kenpachi.

His strength has already surpassed himself.

Moreover, the other party's purpose of coming to Hueco Mundo this time was to find out the cause of the changes in Hueco Mundo and respond in a timely manner.

He also had no reason to stop the other party from going to the inner circle of Hueco Mundo.

"You and I..." He was about to say that he and Natsuki would go to the inner circle of Hueco Mundo together.

Xia Mu guessed what he meant.

"No need. You and Asido should stay in the outer circle to recover for the time being. Given the danger level of the inner circle of Hueco Mundo, you injured people won't be able to help much if you go there. Captain Unohana and I will do this."

Watanabe Yuji was about to speak, but in the end, he restrained himself and closed his mouth.

If Xia Mu was alone, he could choose to follow him by force.

But Captain Unohana was next to them. When Natsuki made this decision, Captain Unohana did not refute it. It was obvious that they had already made the decision in their hearts.

After a long silence, Watanabe Yuji said to Xia Mu again: "Then you guys be careful!"

"Don't worry, I'm Kenpachi, nothing will happen to me easily." Natsuki said something rather generous to comfort Watanabe Yuji.

Asido was standing nearby, quietly listening to what Natsuki and Watanabe Yuji were saying. He didn't interrupt as he was not very familiar with Kenpachi.

Just follow the other party's arrangements.

Soon, the remaining few expeditionary forces moved their positions again.

Natsuki and Unohana Retsu did not stay in the outer circle of Hueco Mundo for too long.

In order not to give the existence behind the scenes more time to react, they must immediately head towards the inner circle of the Hueco Mundo to find out the truth.

If Natsuki was alone, he would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's den, heading to the inner circle of Hueco Mundo and the Great Hollow Forest alone, which would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's den, full of dangers. But with Unohana Retsu accompanying him, Natsuki was not so worried.

With Unohana Retsu's strength, as long as he is willing to fight, it will be no problem for him to kill back and forth in the current Hueco Mundo.

For ordinary Shinigami, and even officials, the Great Hollow is very dangerous.

But this definitely does not include veteran captains like Unohana Retsu.

For her, chopping them was no different from chopping melons and vegetables.

"You probably haven't been to the inner circle of Hueco Mundo."

On the way to the inner circle of Hueco Mundo, Unohana Retsu asked Natsuki.

Natsuki nodded.

He had been in the expeditionary force for five years and had fought against many Hollows. However, due to the complex environment of the inner circle, not only him but also people like Watanabe Yuji would not take the initiative to go to the inner circle unless necessary. But this does not mean that he knows nothing about the inner circle of Hueco Mundo.

"It is said that the inner and outer circles of Hueco Mundo are divided according to the concentration of spirit particles."

Xia Mu said something.

Unohana Retsu nodded, "Just like our Soul Society has Rukongai and Seireitei, in the central area of ​​the world, the concentration of spirit particles is always higher than in other places. It's different from the Soul Society, which built a high wall with murderous stones to enclose the middle area."

“There is no barrier between the inner and outer circles of Hueco Mundo, but once you step into it, you can clearly feel the difference between the two.”

"A long time ago, Soul Society also studied this special environment and finally came to a conclusion."

"The concentration of spirit particles in the inner circle of Hueco Mundo is higher than that in the outer circle. This is actually related to the Great Hollow Forest below it!"

"The Great Void Forest?" Xia Mu's eyes flickered.

The Great Hollow Forest is called a forest, but in fact, this forest is a dark forest. It is located underground in the Hueco Mundo, hidden at the bottom of the desert. It is extremely dark inside, and the creatures living in it are both hunters and prey.

The great voids instinctively gathered there, fighting and devouring wantonly, thus achieving a higher level of evolution.

However, even after evolving into an intermediate-level Hollow, Killian only became rational and thoughtful from being a muddle-headed one. The desire to devour still existed, and they were still in a state of hunger.

Only after evolving into the highest level of Great Hollow can a being have a body shape similar to that of humans and be close to humans in all aspects.

"According to Yuji and the others' speculation, the incident might have come from the Great Hollow Forest. We must go to the Great Hollow Forest." Xia Mu said to Unohana Retsu again.

Unohana Retsu did not deny what Natsuki said.

There are many ways to get to the Great Void Forest.

Among them, the simplest and most brutal way is to find a way to dig downwards after reaching the inner circle of the Hueco Mundo. As long as you can dig to the hollow area below, you will have entered the Great Hollow Forest.

In the original work, Ichigo Kurosaki and others accidentally fell into the Great Hollow Forest by chance.

However, for Natsuki and Unohana Retsu, because they have some knowledge of Hueco Mundo, they have other ways to enter the Great Hollow Forest.

That is, go to the Great Void Forest through the Cave Void's Lair.

Cave Hollow is the most common type of Hollow in Hueco Mundo.

Because the Hueco Mundo is a desert environment, if the Hollow wants to survive, it can only dig caves in the vast desert and live in them.

As for the Xu living in the inner circle, their caves are interconnected, and many of them extend deep underground, leading directly to the Great Xu Forest.

Not all the Voids that came out of the Great Void Forest broke through the sand directly. After all, breaking through the thick sand requires extremely powerful strength. Many of them came to the surface through caves.

With their superb instant movement, Xia Mu and Unohana Retsu quickly arrived at the inner circle, and then found a cave. They killed the owner of the cave, a hollow, and then passed through it and went to the forest of hollows.

... "I have to say that the existence of the ghost path has given us, the god of death, a lot of convenience!"

In the dark cave, Xia Mu held a ball of fire in his hand.

This is the 31st "Red Fire Cannon" of the Hado. In addition to being able to fire externally, it can also be used for lighting as long as its power is adjusted. In the original work, Abarai Renji tried to use this type of Kidō for lighting in the Great Hollow Forest, which revealed his poor Kidō talent.

Naturally, there is no such problem here in Xia Mu.

Although he rarely takes the initiative to use Kidō when fighting against Hollows, he is undoubtedly a well-deserved hexagonal Grim Reaper.

His Zanfen Zougui, Zanpakuto, and Reiatsu are all quite good.

However, even so, he still did not give up his efforts to practice in order to make the hexagon bigger.

Under the red light, the road ahead of Natsuki and Unohana Retsu was completely illuminated. Hearing Natsuki's sigh, Unohana Retsu also sighed, "Perhaps this is the difference between us Shinigami and Hollows."

"Xu follows his instincts and only knows how to devour, just like a wild beast."

"But we, the gods of death, know how to create."

"There are many other instruments and devices that provide convenience to us, all of which were developed little by little over the long years. It is also because of the emergence of these things that our current world of death has been formed."

Xia Mu's eyes flickered, "This reminds me of a sentence."

"What?" Unohana Retsu was a little curious.

It has been quite boring along the way.

Fighting with a beast-like creature like Hollow is a very boring thing. She can only hope that investigating the cause of the changes in the Hueco Mundo can bring her some fun.

Also because of boredom, she could only choose to chat with Xia Mu to relieve her loneliness.

"The difference between humans and beasts is that humans are good at using tools!"

"We don't have the same power as the Hollow, but with the help of tools and various techniques, we can defeat the Hollow."

Unohana Retsu was slightly stunned, then smiled.

The two continued walking for a while.

As they stepped out of the cave, an extremely magnificent underground world suddenly appeared before them.

The underground world is quite dark, but it does not mean that there is no light at all.

The world was filled with starlight that appeared from nowhere, allowing them to barely see the outline of this world.

In the vast underground world, there are many huge trees. The trees are white all over, but Xia Mu knows that these are not real trees, but stones similar to stalactites, but they look like trees.

It is because of the existence of these things that this place looks like a forest, hence the name "Daxu Forest".

"What a hopeless world!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xia Mu spread out his spiritual sense and sensed it a little. He was silent for a while and then said these words.

Lingluo is the color corresponding to the soul.

Different from the differences in personality and other factors, the colors of spiritual pressure are different. There are only three colors of spiritual veins. Humans and Quincy have white spiritual veins, Shinigami have red spiritual veins, and Hollows have black spiritual veins.

The white spiritual vein gives people a bright and flawless feeling.

Black is different, it gives people a sense of despair.

At this moment, in Xia Mu's perception, this vast forest was filled with countless black spiritual veins. They were densely packed, and an aura of despair filled the air.

Unohana Retsu naturally also sensed the reality of the Great Hollow Forest.

She didn't have much feeling, but just said to Xia Mu: "You'll get used to it."

"Where are we going next?" Xia Mu asked Unohana Rei again.

Unohana Retsu said: "Even in the Great Hollow Forest, there are territorial divisions. The closer to the center, the more powerful the Hollows living there are. Those who can control many Gillians to attack the expeditionary force are at least mid-level Great Hollows, and may even be the highest-level Great Hollows."

"Let's go to the central area first."

Even though Natsuki had been in Hueco Mundo before, he was still not as experienced as veteran Shinigami like Unohana Retsu. On these matters, he respected Unohana Retsu's opinions very much.

The two of them used instant steps and quickly moved towards the central area.

In the dark world, even if they don't want to cause trouble.

But this is the realm of great hollows. The breath of the souls of the gods of death is completely different from that of the hollows. For the hollows, it is a rare delicacy. Through instinct, a hollow soon appeared in front of Natsuki and Unohana Retsu.

Unohana Retsu had no intention of taking action.

Xia Mu did not force the other party to attack, he just drew out his Zanpakuto.

His figure flashed past the white trees towering in the Great Void Forest, and the Great Void that appeared in front of them was killed directly.

In the central area of ​​the Great Void Forest.

There is an ancient building here.

It's incredible, but it's the truth.

This is the territory of a top-level Great Void.

After evolving into the highest level Hollow, namely "Vastod", the Hollows have gotten rid of the lowest level of interest, namely "devouring". They no longer have the desire to devour that makes them never full, and their body shape and thoughts are also similar to those of humans.

But because it is virtual, there are still certain obsessions, so it is naturally impossible to be the same as real humans.

"I have done what you asked. I don't understand, what exactly do you want to do?"

The stone building standing in the central area of ​​the Great Void Forest is filled with many glass jars and other things. Inside them, there are liquids of various colors with some body parts soaked in them, which makes people feel nauseous just by looking at them.

The master of this place, or the speaker, is a being with pink hair, human appearance, and a white mask on his face. He spoke to another figure opposite.

The other figure opposite him had dark green hair and was wearing aristocratic clothing with a black death suit underneath. What was even more noticeable was that he was wearing two swords.

This is actually a god of death.

Listening to the words of the Void in front of him, the man who looked like the Grim Reaper showed a strange smile on his face, "Don't you think that in the Void world, the existence of these Grim Reapers is too annoying?"

"I don't want to see their existence, and I don't want these lowly guys to exist in my country!"

"Your country? Could it be that you..." Upon hearing the man's words, the pink-haired Xu was a little surprised.

The dark green-haired man said, "Although I have not been in Hueco Mundo for a long time, as far as I know, there is a king in the central area of ​​Hueco Mundo. I really want to see if this king is worthy of the title."

(End of this chapter)